Halfway to Freedom: A Report on the New India by Bourke-White, Margaret - 1949

Simon & Schuster, 1949. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Random pages have words or phrases underlined, written notations, newpaper clippings taped on the inside front and back covers which has browned the adjacent pages, some articles within the book also.\r\nCover has chipping and stains.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 245 pages. A terrific look at India through the eyes of one of the more important photographers of the 20th century. A very good copy with some minor wear to the corners and a bookplate to the front pastedown in an about very good price clipped dust jacket that has numerous chips and tears and wear. Still, a presentable copy in the uncommon dust jacket.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Faint stain on the bottom page edge else near fine in a modestly worn, very good dustwrapper with small chips and tears mostly at the spine ends. Bourke-White's account of the emergence of India and Pakistan from British control.

New York: Simon and Schuster. Good with no dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author on second page. First edition. Hard cover published by Simon and Schuster in 1949. No dust jacket. Blue-green covers with black binding and gilt lettering on front and spine. Corners and edges of covers have some wear and ends of spine have some rubbing. Some pages have foxing. 245 pages, 1.4 lbs. Book is in good condition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 245 pages; Signed by Author .

Simon and Schuster. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, chips. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1949.

Simon and Schuster. Prior owner signature on the ffep. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, very minor edge wear. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1949.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949.. FIRST EDITION. Fine copy in a bright, unfaded very good dust jacket with some minor edgewear. Some light foxing to jacket. Contains 115 photographs documenting India shortly after independence. Bourke-White was a photographer working for "Life" magazine at the time she took these photographs.

E-142: Simon and Schuster. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Simon and Schuster. 1949. 245 pgs. Contains 115 photographs documenting India shortly after independence. End papers are color illustrated maps of India and Pakistan. Signed by Margaret Bourke-White on the title page. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelfwear present around the extremities (chip present to the crown of the DJ spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Bourke-White was a photographer working for "Life" magazine at the time she took these photographs "I arrived in India in the early spring of 1946. The groundwork for independence was being laid, and I stayed for most of that year, traveling about the country . Then I came home, started this book, found I wanted to learn more about India, and returned to spend part of '47 and '48 there. I… Read More